Locking attachment.



PA ENT-ED MAR. 17, 1903.

No. 722,926. v

s. STORM.

LOOKING ATTACHMENT.

APPLI GATION FILED B11014, 1901 NO MODEL.

/ 11v VENTOI? ATTORNEY UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVESTER STORM, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LOCKING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,926, dated March 17, 1903. Application has December 4,1901. S erialNo. 84.700. (no model.)

To all whom/ it may corwern:

Be it known that I, SYLVESTER STORM, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Los. Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and,

State of California, have invented a new and useful Locking Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for securing articles against unauthorized inspection, and particularly to locking telescope-bags; and some of the objects of the invention are to provide means of this general character which will be simple in construction and effective for the purpose intended.

Another object of the invention is to produce means whereby the article to which the invention is applied may be locked or secured by employing one of the straps used to bind the same.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists,essentially,in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as more fully described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 illustrates a portion of a top of a telescope-bag and one of the side encircling straps, together with a portion of the handle, to which the locking attachment is shown as applied. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the lock removed and the securing strap or hasp elevated. Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of j the construction and position of; the parts shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the staple-plate. p

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the invention is illustrated as applied to an ordinary telescope-bag or valise but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to use with telescope-bags, as the same may be employed in connection with other articles.

In the drawings the reference character 1 designates a portion of the top or cover of an ordinary telescope-bag, which is of so familiar construction that it is not necessary to show the same, it being understood that such articles are provided with a handle 2, generally secured to the top or cover 1 by a link 3, and

the link or loop 3 is secured to the top or cover 1, preferably by a strap 5, which is passed through the loop and bent upon itself and secured to the top or cover 1 by a rivet or stitching 6. The strap 5 is preferably pro- 'vided with an opening 7 and with a slot 8 for the purpose hereinafter described, and between the folded portion 9 of the strap 5 and secured by the rivets 6 is another strap 10, upon whichis secured astaple-plate 11, preferably cut awayand bent upon itself to form an integral loop or eye 12, constructed to enter the slot 8 in the hasp-strap 5 and retain the latter in lockin g position when a lock or other device 13 is secured in the loop 12, substantially as shown in Fig. l of the drawlugs.

The staple-plate 11 and the strap 10 are preferably secured upon the top or cover 1 by a rivet 14, or stitching may be employed, if desired, and between the plate and strap and extending through the former is secured a rivet or headed post 15, adapted to pass through the hole 7 in the hasp-strap 5 and through one of the securing-straps 16, which are usually mounted upon the ends or end portions of an ordinary telescope-bag to hold the bottom and top portions of the bag together, as will be readily understood.

The operation of this invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following explanation thereof. An ordinary telescope-bag is put togetherthat is, the top is placed upon and over the bottom-and the encircling strapsj16 are then buckled to hold the top and bottom of the bag together in the usual manner, whereupon the free end of one of the straps 16 is' placed over the rivet 15, so that the latter will pass through one of the holes 17 therein, substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and then, the hasp-strap 5 is lowered upon the ,strap 16 and the rivet is passed through the opening 7 therein, and the staple l2 enters the opening 8 in said strap, which then occupies a position upon the staple-plate 11 substantially as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings. When the parts are in this position, the padlock 13 is introduced and secured within the staple 12, thereby preventing the elevation of the hasp-strap IOC 5, which in turn prevents the disengagement of the free end of the securing-strap 16 from off the stud or rivet 15, and thereby prevents the unauthorized opening of the telescopebag or other article.

Any suitable number of locking devices or attachments may be employed, although only one is here shown, and any suitable lock or securing device may be used, and other details of construction may be changed, if desired, in practice.

I claim 1. In a traveling-bag provided with a plate secured upon the top face thereof having a stud fastened thereto and projecting upward from the outer face thereof, a loop or staple secured to said plate, an encircling strap removably secured upon said stud and extending around the bag having a series of perforations therein adapted for fastening the ends of said strap together, a hasp-strap provided with perforations therein adapted to engage said stud and loop and to retain the said encircling strap in position on the stud and means for retaining the hasp-strap upon the loop.

2. In a traveling-bag consisting of two sections provided with a plate securedto the up per and outer surface of the outer and overlapping section of the bag, said plate provided with an upwardly-projecting stud and loop or staple secured thereto, a strap extending around the two sections of the bag having a series of perforations therein adapted to engage the free upward-projecting end of said stud, a hasp-strap riveted at one end to said plate and tothe top overlapping section of the bag, said hasp-strap provided with perforations therein, one of said perforations adapted to engage the upward-projecting free end of the stud and the upper face of the said encircling strap secured upon said stud, the other perforation in said hasp-strap adapted to engage the loop or staple, adevice adapted to fasten the hasp-strap upon said loop and the encircling strap upon said stud under the face of the hasp-strap.

In testimony whereof I have signed -my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SYLVESTER STORM. Witnesses:

AMELIA GUEST, L. B. ALDERETE. 

